MARCH 29, 2021 – WINE NEWS FETCH

TOP NEWS

• Treasury Wine faces 175.6% duty rate for Australian wine exports to China
• How Vinebox built a digitally native brand: Rabobank Podcast
• The hassles of paying for online wine orders
• Amulet Winery Investors Sue Tuck and Boo Beckstoffer Alleging Breach of Fiduciary Duty
• Americans Still Prefer Dining Outdoors to Indoors, But Comfort With Both Is Growing
• Did independent convenience stores and small grocers do better during the pandemic than traditional wine retailers? (Sponsored link, premium paywall)

ICYMI (IN CASE YOU MISSED IT)

• Pa. Supreme Court upholds ruling that the PLCB illegally restricted wine shipping
• Ag Labor Case Reaches the Supreme Court
• Tennessee, we have a constitutional problem
• Ratings & reviews are useless for wine and movie recommendations, so Netflix killed them and embraced Big Data
• Duckhorn eyes potential for more winery acquisitions following IPO
• Sommeliers Choice Awards launches Shelf talkers and Tasting notes for entrants – (Sponsored link)

DIVERSITY

• Hispanics In Wine Aims To Empower The Hispanic And Latinx Wine Communities (possible paywall)

CONSUMER SALES: DTC, ON- & OFF-PREMISE

• Becoming a Master Sommelier in the midst of a global pandemic (Sponsored link)

WINE SUPPLY & CONSUMPTION

• Napa Valley Grapegrowers Report: The beauty of bud break (possible paywall)
• Australian exports tipped to hit record high as world economy recovers
• UK sales boom for Concha y Toro
• Grow Your Wine Brand In USA with 2021 Sommeliers Choice Awards (Sponsored link)

CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• See how Phase 2 Cellars streamline systems and provide exceptional customer service.

COVID-19

• Napa and Alameda counties set to move to orange tier, allowing wineries to open indoor tastings (possible paywall)
• Additional Relief for the Hospitality Industry Has Arrived. Is It Enough?
• What Happens When Flying Winemakers Are Grounded?
• How the Pandemic Has Disrupted the Sommelier Community
• Latest BC Covid Public Health Orders for Wineries

HEALTH

• Red wine’s resveratrol could help Mars explorers stay strong
• Wine Prevents Dementia, But Scientists Aren’t Sure Why

WILDFIRES & WEATHER

• Coming To Grips With The Impacts Of Smoke On Wine

ENVIRONMENT & SUSTAINABILITY

• Jordan Winery turning some of its property into pollinator sanctuaries (possible paywall)
• Scheid’s Supersized Organic Plans
• The Pace of Knowing

INTERNATIONAL TRADE

• Australia threatens WTO action after China’s wine duty ruling
• Two years of pain for Treasury Wine on China hit
• Australia bids farewell to China as wine tariffs time frame set
• China’s Tariffs on Australian Wine to Last 5 Years as Ties Sour (possible paywall)

BREXIT

• Your incoming wine may be a little delayed

INVESTING IN WINE, COLLECTING & AUCTIONS

• Wine lots revealed for Sonoma County Barrel Auction slated for May online (possible paywall)
• The Liv-ex Fine Wine 1000’s vital role in a changing market
• Talking Trade on Liv-ex – Burgundy closes in on Bordeaux
• Bordeaux 2020 Vintage Ripe for Investors

WINE SELECTION AND RECOMMENDATION

• Working a Harvest Gave Me a New Perspective on Hospitality

MEDIA MATTERS

• 2 decades after celebrated wine writer Tom Stockley’s death, his daughters publish the recipe journal he left behind

MATTERS OF TASTE

• No Second Best for Liber Pater
• An iconic wine label is blending Aussie and American wines — and it’s working (possible paywall)
• Italian Wines are Distinctive and That’s a Good Thing – Exploring the Philosophy of Food and Wine
• Fancy a deep red? The rise of underwater wineries
• Hardy, Crisp and Rich: Meet Chardonnay’s Hybrid Grape
• A Tale of Two Tastings

WINE PEOPLE

• Philine Isabelle: the spirit of a shokunin from Heidelberg to Barolo
• Napa Valley Viticulturist Allison Wilson on Facing Challenging Time‪s‬ (podcast)

WINE PLACES

• Croatian Wine Dream Comes True Without Leaving One’s Homeland (possible paywall)
• Finger Lakes, A Cool-Climate Wine Region With A Wealth Of Grapes (possible paywall)

WINE EDUCATION

• Rebecca Gibb MW to host Loire Valley masterclasses

AG, GROWER & CELLAR NEWS

• Photosynthetic acclimation to high temperature in Syrah and Grenache

EUROPE & THE UK

• Burgundy’s New President and Italian Lead
• EU: 2045, the new deadline for new vineyard planting permits

DOWN UNDER

• OZ: Grape and wine businesses getting on with the job of developing new markets

SOUTH AFRICA

• South African alcohol industry formally seeks reasons for the intended ban of alcohol sales